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What is this No Kings Day all about? -- Dan Froomkin
https://www.headsupnews.org/p/what-is-this-no-kings-day-all-aboutIt’s about loving the America that Trump is trying to destroy
Leading Republicans are trying to cast Saturday’s “No Kings” protests as a “Hate America rally” when – as usual – it’s the exact opposite.
The No Kings Day events on Saturday will represent a massive outpouring of love for America as a pluralistic democracy, where the state serves the people rather than the other way around.
Saturday is a day not just to protest Trump’s totalitarian agenda, but to call for positive change and to celebrate the values that Trump has so violated.
. . .
Taking place in 2,500 locations around the country, this No Kings mobilization is expected to be even bigger than the last one, on June 14, which brought an estimated five million people out to protest.
And it will have an even greater sense of urgency, because the last four months have been so eventful – particularly when it comes to the invasion of American cities by brutal masked federal agents and by the military.
Two major calls to action will inevitably include a demand to end to the violent attacks on our communities by ICE thugs, and a demand for No Troops on our streets..
. . .
But what often gets lost in the flood of news coming out of the White House is how untethered Trump and his enablers are to the reality of what ordinary Americans believe in and want.
The No Kings message hearkens back 250 years to our founding document, the Declaration of Independence. It represents the views of a substantial majority of Americans today. Saturday is their day.
. . .
The No Kings Day events on Saturday will represent a massive outpouring of love for America as a pluralistic democracy, where the state serves the people rather than the other way around.
Saturday is a day not just to protest Trump’s totalitarian agenda, but to call for positive change and to celebrate the values that Trump has so violated.
. . .
Taking place in 2,500 locations around the country, this No Kings mobilization is expected to be even bigger than the last one, on June 14, which brought an estimated five million people out to protest.
And it will have an even greater sense of urgency, because the last four months have been so eventful – particularly when it comes to the invasion of American cities by brutal masked federal agents and by the military.
Two major calls to action will inevitably include a demand to end to the violent attacks on our communities by ICE thugs, and a demand for No Troops on our streets..
. . .
But what often gets lost in the flood of news coming out of the White House is how untethered Trump and his enablers are to the reality of what ordinary Americans believe in and want.
The No Kings message hearkens back 250 years to our founding document, the Declaration of Independence. It represents the views of a substantial majority of Americans today. Saturday is their day.
. . .